Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > > At 04:22 PM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote: > >My first batch of Xtol is now washing. > >Mark :-) Rabiner > >It works! > > Mark - > > Watch the expiration on that Xtol! I had read that it sometimes suddenly > expires with no warning but I'd never had any problems and I've been using > it since it first came out. I had a little bit left of a gallon that > shouldn't have expired until September so I used it for six rolls of Tri-X > that I took in London and Chartres last week. It had expired!! Very > faint negatives that I tried intensifying with no luck. Made me sick! > Next time I'll test it or toss it! > > Leically, > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com/ My 5 liters went into 5 brown glass laboratory bottles which add a new look to my darkroom. I made nifty labels for them with a label maker. I have read the horror stories of almost clear film on news groups which have shied me away this long. I'm going for it! Before I run by trip shots I'm going to run some less important stuff first and make sure my time is right and the developer hasn't croaked in the night. Mark Rabiner